Object Details
- Edition/State
- 5, 2
- Label
- Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G46, no state provided.
- Provenance
- To 1896
- Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1896 [1]
- From 1896 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1896 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Whistler List, Plates, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object is part of a group (consisting of a set of sixteen plates, as well as one impression of each plate) that was purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in January 1896.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Frederick Keppel and Co. (1868-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Date
- 1859
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Etching; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7.6 x 20.3 cm (3 x 8 in)
- Type
